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This section provides an overview for whetstones as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 4 whetstone manufacturers and their company rankings. Here are the top-ranked whetstone companies as of October, 2026: 1.Falcon Tool Company Inc., 2.NORITAKE, 3.Gesswein Co, Inc..
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A whetstone is, in the broadest sense, a tool, such as "a tool for cutting and polishing rocks and metals."
A whetstone is widely used in a variety of forms, from household to industrial applications.
For home use, a whetstone is commonly used to sharpen kitchen knives, often found in rectangular or block-shaped.
Industrial whetstone is often disk-shaped wheels with a mounting hole in the center that is attached to a power tool.
Whetstones are used in the following applications.
There are various types of bonding agents used in whetstones, depending on the application.
The most commonly used resinoid is made by a process called the "bakelite method."
Next, the principle of how whetstones grind workpieces is explained.
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Falcon Tool Company, Inc. is an American manufacturer based in Traverse City, Michigan, providing tools for industrial applications. The company’s product range includes files, commonly used in industrial jewelry, dental, and hobby industries, as well as abrasives and abrasive stones. The company also offers various cutting tools, including carbide burs and tungsten vanadium steel burs, commonly used for deburring, milling, and finishing. It further provides diamond tools, brushes and wood sticks, and related equipment, such as air grinders and air profilers.
Disco Corporation is a producer of precision cutting and grinding machines founded in Japan last 1937. Aside from manufacturing services, they also offer maintenance, training, refurbishment, and lease of precision cutting and grinding materials. This company is entirely based in Japan with Tokyo as the location for its Head Office. Its three branch offices are located in Osaka, Kyushu, and Sendai. They also have three plants, two of which are in Hiroshima namely, Kure and Kuwabata, while their Chino Plant is in Nagano.
NORITAKE CO., LIMITED, established in 1904 as Nippon Toki Kaisha, Ltd., is a Japanese manufacturer headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi, specializing in tableware and technological products. The company crafts fine porcelain and bone china Western-style tableware, glassware, and cutlery, catering to residential and commercial settings. The company also offers ceramics in various forms, including electronic ceramic powder and engineering ceramics, thick film circuit substrates, and vacuum fluorescent displays. Other offerings include provides grinding and polishing tools, such as grinding and cubic boron nitride (CBN) wheels, as well as coated abrasives. The company further offers filtration systems and thin cut master (TCM) machines.
Gesswein Co, Inc., established in 1914 and headquartered in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is a distributor of jewelers' tools and supplies. The company offers a wide range of products, including additive manufacturing tools, abrasives, bench tools, burs & drills, casting tools, cleaning tools, dust collection tools, engraving tools, power tools, and more. These products are utilized by professionals in the jewelry and metalworking industries for precision work. Gesswein Co, Inc. also provides various services, such as operations review, product sampling, account maintenance, quality control, and price matching.
Ranking as of October 2026
Derivation Method| Rank | Company | Click Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falcon Tool Company Inc. |
43.6%
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| 2 | NORITAKE |
20.5%
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| 3 | Gesswein Co, Inc. |
17.9%
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| 4 | DISCO Corporation |
17.9%
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Derivation Method
The ranking is calculated based on the click share within the whetstone page as of October 2026. Click share is defined as the total number of clicks for all companies during the period divided by the number of clicks for each company.Number of Employees
Newly Established Company
Company with a History
*Including some distributors, etc.
*Including some distributors, etc.
| Country | Number of Companies | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|
|
Japan
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2 | 66.7% |
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United States of America
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1 | 33.3% |
874 products found
874 products
TKX Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 12 hours ago
■Features The PPR whetstone can be used for a wide range of purposes, from rough polishing to final polishing. It can be used for a variety of poli...
Naniwa Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
350+ people viewing
■Summary ・For polishing and grinding of internal surfaces and details ・Particle size: #60 Hardness: P ・In addition to [WA], there are also [A] a...
Tipton Corp.
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• Excellent for dressing metal bonds.
2 models listed
Ishikura Shoten Co., Ltd.
610+ people viewing
■Specifications Due to its flexible characteristics, it is especially suitable for polishing curved surfaces of stone. Please use it to drop the so...
K’s Material Co., Ltd.
280+ people viewing
For cutting hard stones such as red granite
2 models listed
JTEKT Grinding Tools Co., Ltd.
500+ people viewing
Last viewed: 3 hours ago
■Features Like the electroplated wheel, this wheel is made of super abrasive grains that are strongly bonded to the base. Since the abrasive grains...
Yoshikawa Shoko Co., Ltd.
410+ people viewing
Excellent finish. Excellent polishing properties. For general polishing. ■Features Center-cut paper arrangement with flat outer and inner edges of...
International Diamond Co., Ltd.
320+ people viewing
Overview ■Development of Variastar Over the years, mold parts, precision parts, precision jigs and tools, etc. are required not only to have a roug...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
430+ people viewing
■Two cutting wheels with one stone ・High-spec cutting wheel realized with unique technology ・Achieves industry-leading high cutting force and lon...
Toyo Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
400+ people viewing
Last viewed: 1 day ago
■Features ・Magnesia whetstone is a whetstone whose main ingredient is oxidized and chlorinated magnesia. ・It has a good sharpness and minimal gri...
TKX Co., Ltd.
270+ people viewing
Last viewed: 8 hours ago
■Features ・Several types of bending elastic products are available to suit a wide range of grinding tasks, and depending on the selection, they ar...
Naniwa Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
170+ people viewing
■Summary ・For main jobs ・For superior sharpness. - A whetstone that is resistant to clogging and crushing, and has excellent grinding and polishi...
Naniwa Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
380+ people viewing
Last viewed: 15 hours ago
■Summary Labo whetstone is a super-finish whetstone for precision polishing developed exclusively for Lapping and Polishing. In conventional grindi...
K’s Material Co., Ltd.
270+ people viewing
Last viewed: 1 day ago
4 models listed
Yoshikawa Shoko Co., Ltd.
430+ people viewing
Last viewed: 1 day ago
Excellent finish. Excellent polishing properties. ■Features ・The polished surface can be seen through → You can sharpen while checking. ・Large c...
Toyo Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
550+ people viewing
■About vitrified whetstones ・This whetstone uses clay, glass, etc. as raw materials and is fired at a high temperature of 1,200 to 1,300 degrees. ...
TKX Co., Ltd.
320+ people viewing
Last viewed: 1 day ago
■Features MG (Magnesia) The main ingredients of the whetstone are magnesium oxide and magnesium chloride, and the abrasive grains are bonded togeth...
Naniwa Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
210+ people viewing
Last viewed: 1 day ago
■Summary ・Craftsman specifications for high-quality blade attachment ・It is possible to quickly sharpen even highly hardened steel materials that...
Tie Sea Ins
760+ people viewing
Last viewed: 8 hours ago
In 1947, the serious small cutting whetstone challenged by the grinding grinding whetstone tax, a single -handed whetstone tax, collaborated with b...
2 models listed
K’s Material Co., Ltd.
190+ people viewing
Last viewed: 1 day ago
6 models listed
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
540+ people viewing
■Recommended cutting wheels - Cuts very well and lasts a long time ・The 0.8mm type has a smoother start of cutting.
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
420+ people viewing
■Cutting whetstone with overwhelming cutting power - Cuts PC steel quickly and easily with overwhelming cutting power ・Ideal for cutting PC steel ...
Toyo Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
450+ people viewing
Last viewed: 14 hours ago
■About vitrified whetstones ・This whetstone uses clay, glass, etc. as raw materials and is fired at a high temperature of 1,200 to 1,300 degrees. ...
TKX Co., Ltd.
320+ people viewing
■Features The DX wheel is a high-efficiency diamond grinding wheel for surface grinding that can be used in the same way as a GC grinding wheel. It...
Naniwa Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
200+ people viewing
■Summary ・Binder: B Reinforcement material: F2 (reinforced on both sides) ・Maximum peripheral speed 80m/s (4,800m/min) ・Maintains high safety th...
Tie Sea Ins
620+ people viewing
Last viewed: 19 hours ago
A serious small cutting whetstone challenged by the grinding grinding whetstone tax, a grinding grinding whetstone in 1947. The number of limit cut...
3 models listed
Outrun Co., Ltd.
460+ people viewing
Last viewed: 4 hours ago
■Whetstone with a cerium shaft that didn't seem to exist. The strongest item for glass polishing joins the group A whetstone made only of cerium ox...
2 models listed
K’s Material Co., Ltd.
290+ people viewing
The tip is U-shaped with less diamond chips. Economical with amazing cost performance.
Marto Co., Ltd.
440+ people viewing
Last viewed: 1 day ago
■Features This is an all-blade type (no base metal) cutting whetstone manufactured by using white alundum (high-purity fused alumina) as the abrasi...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
510+ people viewing
■God speed. Our No.1 cutting speed ・Fastest cutting speed in Resibon history (as of September 2019) ・Reduce work time
